Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.228, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 228 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.228
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.228:
কোন-দিন দেখে অতি-দিব্য নারী-গণ লক্ষ্মী-প্রায সবে, হস্তে পদ্ম-বিভূষণ ॥ ২২৮ ॥
कोन-दिन देखे अति-दिव्य नारी-गण लक्ष्मी-प्राय सबे, हस्ते पद्म-विभूषण ॥ २२८ ॥
kona-dina dekhe ati-divya nārī-gaṇa lakṣmī-prāya sabe, haste padma-vibhūṣaṇa || 228 ||
kona-dina dekhe ati-divya nari-gana laksmi-praya sabe, haste padma-vibhusana (228)
English translation:
(228) On another day she saw many divine women, who all held lotus flowers in their hands and resembled the goddess fortune.